''The Investigation'' (

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: ''Efterforskningen'') is a six-part series, directed by

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. The series is based on the investigation of the death of Kim Wall, a 30-year-old Swedish journalist. The series follows the criminal investigation of the case, featuring

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as Chief Inspector Jens Møller, Laura Christensen as Police Investigator Maibritt Porse,

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as Special Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen and

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and

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as Wall's parents. The series originally aired on 28 September 2020 on TV2 in Denmark and Sweden's SVT. It was broadcast on UK'S

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between 22 January and 5 February 2021. HBO began showing the series on 1 February 2021.

Cast

as chief investigator Jens Møller Jansen *

as special prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen *

as Ingrid Wall (victim’s mother) *

as Joachim Wall (victim’s father) * Laura Christensen as investigator Maibritt Porse *Hans Henrik Clemensen as investigator Nikolaj Storm *Dulfi Al-Jabouri as investigator Musa Amin *

Charlotte Munck Charlotte Munck (born 2 December 1969) is a Danish actress. She is notable for starring in the Danish police television drama ''Anna Pihl'' as the title character, which was aired on TV2. She was born in Aarhus and raised in the Oersted Djurs ...

as Kirstine (Jens Møller Jansen’s wife) *Anders Juul as investigator Christian Skov *Henrik Birch as investigator Lars Møller

References

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Cast

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